  All good things come in pairs! Swooning over our feature in the latest issue of @modluxweddingsphl It is a dream come true to see Cindy & Drew’s wedding cake featured in the beautiful pages of this magazine. Thank you Philly for the warmest welcome possible. Cheers to the city of brotherly love!!! @switzercindy26 the seeetest bride in the world, thank you for letting me have a small role in your wedding @leahbarryphotography Crazy gorgeous photography, thank you for making this happening!  A cake from our trio of cakes designed for the LOVE event held at the Horticulture center in January, held by @byconstellation Team “MODERN LOVE” concept was created by the uberly talented Jaclyn Fisher @twolittlebirdsplan and Corinne Sebesta @sebestadesign who put together the most talented group of vendors who executed their stunning “Bright and Bold” design. Emily Wren @emilywrenphoto magnificently captured all the beauty of this event! Corinne and Jaclyn, thank you for letting me be part of this!    I have it my hands! The Summer/Fall issue of @philawedding. This issue is gorgeous! What a pleasure it was to attend yesterday’s big reveal at The Lucy. @phillymagevents knows how to throw a party! Most gorgeous pics captured by @varneyphoto Thanks again to the team at Philadelphia Wedding for inviting me to participate and for the warmest welcome to Philly!   I'm humbled and grateful to Philadelphia Magazine for including us in their feature "22 Incredible Wedding Cake Bakers in the Philadelphia Area". There is so much talent in this city, and such a vibrant Wedding vendor community. It's a true honor to be listed among such truly incredible cake vendors. SO excited for what it is to come in the city of Brotherly love!    We are kicking off 2019 with an invitation to celebrate LOVE! Join me alongside @sebestadesign, @twolittlebirdsplan, @byconstellation@philawedding and Philadelphia’s top wedding professionals, on Jan 31st at the gorgeous Horticulture Center. Prepare for beautiful wedding decor ideas, and out of this world delicious food! Oh and there will be amazing desserts ...a la Sugar Realm! 🍰💕 Space is limited. To purchase tickets, visit www.constellation.ticketleap.com/LOVE2019  I had the pleasure to recently work with he most talented group of vendors on a gorgeous "Moody Neutrals Winter" Styled shoot. Following the lead of Samantha Leenheer, owner at Samantha Joy Events, I created this pretty cake:) As all cakes designed for magazine features, it was iced and decorated like all our real cakes, with the most delicious rolled chocolate panels and decked with our own handcrafted sugar flowers and decorations! A list of all the vendors who participated in this effort is listed below. You will want to come back later and check out all the pretty pictures that Jenny Hass captured, including those of our cake! Absolutely gorgeous! Enjoy this sneak peak :)  Moody Winter Neutrals Wedding Cake, iced with our signature rolled chocolate, decorated with our own hand made sugar flowers. Sugar Realm, Cincinnati wedding Cakes.  Samantha Leenheer, owner at Samantha Joy Events coordinated this styled shoot, and her vision and execution was flawless. How gorgeous is this?. Jenny Hass Photography, Samantha Joy Events.  It is always a treat to have professional photographers capture images of our creations. Jenny Has pictures of this styled shoot are simply spectacular!. Can't wait to share more!. Sugar Realm, Cincinnati Wedding Cakes. Jenny Hass Photography, Samantha Joy Events. And that's a wrap! Our participation at the Cincinnati Food and Wine Classicwas AWESOME! Our feet hurt, but our heart is content!. Thank you to each one of you who stopped by to chat with us and try our cakes! Our 3.000 cake samples where sold out and we were honored with your words of praise!!!. Our heart felt THANK YOU to the CFWC team who helped us all the way through:). We couldn't have done this without your help. Cheers to all your hard work! #EYHOCincinnati #SugarRealm #WeddingCakesCincinnati #CakelikeaBoss#CFWC16  Sugar Realm, "Cake like a Boss!"...totally honored to be part of this:)  At the Cincinnati Food and Wine Classic, we introduced our new designs from our catalog of signature cakes at the CFWC16, and demonstrated some of our favorite sugar work techniques!  Our cakes are always wrapped in our signature Rolled Chocolate (never fondant) and every decoration is handcrafted out of sugar:) We LOVE our sugar flowers and typically encourage our clients to preserve them for life!  CAC Cuisine, Art, Cocktails". A book filled with recipes from the best chefs in town with the most gorgeous images from Gina Weatherby Photography. Such an honor to be part of it.
 Sugar Realm's Confection, inspired by the gorgeous work of contemporary artist Tara Donovan   Sugar Realm, CAC Cookbook - Artbook: "Hazelnut - Almond Dacquoise with Apricot Creme, paired with raspberry Mousseline and Strawberry Marshmallows and White Chocolate Loops" The Cincinnati Food and Wine Festival just announced the first wave of #CFWC16 talent, and we are truly honored to be part of it. "This once-in-a-lifetime, all-star lineup is coming together with one goal in mind: to create one of the most amazing 3-day culinary parties in the country". This year the event will take place at Yeatman's Cove, from Friday September 23rd to Sunday September 25th. Tickets on sale June 1. I invite you to click the image below for pricing and additional information about this wonderful event.  Sugar Realm will be demonstrating cake decorating on Friday 23rd, and Saturday 24th, there will be super delicious cake and lots of beautiful sugar work involved!!!...Stop by and say hello! 
It is with great joy (and some disbelief), that I share with you the news that Sugar Realm has been awarded "Best of the City 2015, Upscale Wedding Cakes" by Cincinnati Magazine
To top it off, they commissioned a Cake for the cover of the December Issue...our FIRST magazine cover EVER!!!! The magazine is on stands now, get your copy, before I buy them all!!! 
Sugar Realm Best of the City 2015, Upscale Wedding Cakes by Cincinnati Magazine!
We shot the cover of the magazine back in October, and planned to shoot different looks of the cake. Below are some of our progress pics of the cake with our full detail design!
 Why Sugar Realm?. Here's the story.
As many of you may know by now, I'm an Architect by trade. In 2008, at the peak of the recession, I got laid off from a fabulous job as a senior Designer in an Architecture and Design Firm. I felt defeated. Three months after being back home, I found myself planning my daughter's first communion, cake included of course!. Since high-school, I dreamed of being a pastry chef and of owning a pastry shop. I've always been a great baker. Her cake was a HIT and orders from friends and acquaintances started coming my way....and I haven't stopped ever since!!!! Now, back to the name. The last project that I worked at as a designer, was a very large themed park in Dubai (think whales:). The firm put together a team of top notched designers from all disciplines and it was on itself a bootcamp in creativity!!!.The park was organized into 5 Realms. The day that I sat with my sketch book at hand to figure out the name of my business, I decided that I would be Queen of my own kingdom where my imagination would rule. A sugar Realm all for myself...and now it fulfills me inmensely to share it with you. Thank you for being part of this dream. Sherri Barber: Photographer Sugar Realm Signature line of Wedding cakes featured on Cake Central Magazine. Cincinnati Wedding Cakes. Leppert Photography. Cake Central Magazine, August 2015 Issue  Inspiration board provided by the Magazine  Sugar Realm, "Blossoms" Wedding Cake from our Signature Line of Cakes  Sugar Realm, "Crystals" Wedding Cake from our Signature Line of Cakes  Sugar Realm, "Nature" Wedding Cake from our Signature Line of Cakes wedding cakes cincinnati, INSIDE WEDDINGS FEATURE: ONE OF OUR TOP FAVE WEDDING CAKES IS ON THE SUMMER 2015 ISSUE OF INSIDE WEDDINGS MAGAZINE!!! Our cakes featured on Inside Weddings Magazine, Summer 2015 Issue! We are beyond thrilled to share with you our FIRST publication on a NATIONAL BRIDAL Magazineeeeeeeeee! One of our top fave wedding cakes form 2014 is featured on the Summer 2015 Issue of Inside Weddings! An event that only viva bella events could have designed and impeccably execute...with the coolest client possible, AND with the most amazing creative team!!!!. A brilliant vision from the client, executed to perfection by the uber talented viva bella events and breathtaking photography by Kortnee Kate Photography !!!! I'll be smiling all week long:)  Gigi and Chip, the coolest client of all. It was their vision to have an out-of-the-box black and white wedding. SPECIALTY CAKES CINCINNATI: specialty cake for the inaugural gala of the CAROL ANN'S CAROUSEL at smale river park. Gorgeous Photography by Leppert Photography, Backdrop Linen by All Occasions Event Rental.  Sugar Realm Carol Ann's Carousel Cake We couldn't be more thrilled to have been commissioned this order for the Donor's Inaugural Gala of the new Carol Ann's Carouse, at Smale Riverfront Park. This carousel is a true work of art, and we felt obligated to deliver our very best with our most delicious cake and sugar replica of the Carousel! To treat these generous donors, we freshly baked three of our favorite flavor combinations: Toasted Almonds with Pistachio and Honey. French Vanilla with Raspberry and White Chocolate. Toasted Almonds with Hazelnut and Chocolate. The carving and painting of the animals/characters and the creation and installation of the carousel was be done by Carousel Works (Mansfield, Ohio). The Carousel is located along the Ohio riverfront and between Great American Ballpark and Paul Brown Stadium. It is at home in a large glass enclosed space overlooking the Ohio River and the John Roebling bridge, over the new Anderson Pavillion.  Carol Ann's Carousel at Smale River Park during construction. "ROYAL GARDEN wedding cake", designed for the launching of Marvelous molds new Royal Garden Collection! Sugar Realm Royal Garden Wedding Cake, designed for the launching of Marvelous Molds NEW "Royal Garden Collection" of molds! Our first collaboration was the design and creation of a cake model for the launching of their new line of molds, titled "Royal Garden". Marvelous molds are my favorite molds to use, primarily because they make the molding process so quick with their special cutting blade feature....and time is money, right? As I said to the MYOM team, I'm and have been a believer in their products, and feel truly honored to collaborate with their creative and oh-so talented team! I'm a lucky girl and I don't take that for granted. I have a healthy and loving family and I have found my "call" with this Sugar Kingdom I have created for myself. I'm also very lucky because I'm able to work with great clients who make me feel like a rock star, and who appreciative my craft and the passion I put into my work as much as I do. But my luck doesn't end there!...sometimes, I even receive praise from professionals and peers in this industry, and that makes me feel like I conquered the world! One morning as I was working on pieces and parts for an order, I received a phone call from Chef Dominique Palazzolo, Founder and CEO of Marvelous Molds and Make your own Molds. I'm also lucky to live in the same city where these products are designed and manufactured, and I've been a LONG, LONG, LONG time user or their line of molds and custom mold making products. SO when Chef Dominique inquired if I would be interested in collaborating with them...I basically jumped from joy!!!  Sugar Realm, "Royal Garden Wedding Cake". Gorgeous Regal Details and Textures made using Marvelous Molds new "Royal Garden" new line of molds!!! The Royal Garden wedding cake main features were created using all the molds in their collection, except for two: The Sonata and the Fanfare Medallion. Swags were created using the Etude and Fanfare Border. My very favorite mold of all was the Symphony mold...the texture and relief that it produces is surreal; it can be used to create a continuous panel (as shown), or individual sections of a panel. My second favorite was the Quadrille border that produces the most intricate chrysanthemum formation. The corners of the cake were accentuated with the small and large Quadrille medallions!
If you make cakes as I do, you NEED these new molds!!!...Give them a try and be forever hooked with this new fabulous line of molds.  Sugar Realm founder, Ileana Saldivia process feature  April 2015 Issue, Cincinnati Magazine rococo wedding cake - wedding cakes cincinnati We were thrilled to receive an invitation by Cake Central Magazine to design a "Purple Rococo Wedding Cake" for an upcoming issue, and now we are beyond thrilled to see one of our cakes featured on their pretty pages:). This issue is filled with gorgeous cakes designed by some of the most creative and talented Pastry Chefs in this Industry. It's a true honor to be in company of such amazing professionals! I have to extend a huge thank you to my dear friend and super talented photographer Sherri Barber owner at Sherri Barber Photography, for taking the time to photograph this cake, and to Jennifer Noll from All Occasions Rentals and Events for allowing me to use there fabulous pieces!  Cake Central Magazine January/February 2015 Issue  It's so regarding to see these images on the pretty pages of this magazine:) We are truly honored to have one of our cakes featured on Cake Geek Magazine from the UK, alongside such talented cake designers from around the world! Their recent "Secret Garden Cakes" feature includes one of our most romantic cakes, created for a truly special client:) Take a minute to read their feature...it will sure make your imagination run!  
We were thrilled to receive the news from Cincinnati City Beat that we have been selected as one of their twelve professionals to be featured in their "2015 Love List".
What we love about City Beat is their creativity and their constant push to highlight the intense talent of this city that we call home:) Special thanks to Ilene Ross, for her unlimited enthusiasm about our work, and to Jesse Fox for her creative photography...I was supposed to look exhausted, and to be honest, that's exactly how I feel/look after finishing one of our daunting confections!...minus the pearl necklace, of course!
We are beyond trilled to see one of our favorite clients and cake designs from 2014 featured on the beautiful and stylish pages of Venue magazine! It was such a joy to work with this client and to create Amy's dream cake. Her stunning VW bridal gown was the inspiration for our design and it is one of the most beautiful dresses we have seen! Every decoration on the cake was delicately crafted from chocolate or sugar paste, and were custom replicas of some of the detail on Amy's dress.  Vera Wang inspired Lace wedding Cake with Sugar Peonies  Our cake was iced with the thinest layer of a melt-in-your-mouth white chocolate (it is SO delicious...we never use fondant!). To celebrate this memorable day Amy and Peter chose the most delicious Toasted Almonds cake paired with Sweet Apricots Mousseline with a touch of Almond Crunch. The feedback we received on the taste of the cake was that is was "Amazing". Our sugar flowers were carefully placed on the cake, isolated from the cake itself by inserting the flower stems in plastic straws. This is an extra step that we take in keeping the outmost hygienic handling of the cake and securing the preservation of our sugar flowers, as they are intended to be kept by the bride. We always deliver to the venue along with the cake, a pastry box to safely collect and transport our sugar flowers...after all, we craft them with so much care, petal by petal, and love the idea that they on themselves constitute the sweetest memento of such special day!!! Once again, congratulations Amy and Peter, we wish you many, many more years of happiness and togetherness! Ileana and staff  Venue Magazine Cover January 2015 |
AuthorSince opening in 2010 in Cincinnati, Venezuelan born Ileana Saldivia’s studio, Sugar Realm has become a preeminent wedding and celebration cake design boutique. In 2018, due to her husband's job, Ileana and her family relocated to Philadelphia, and so did her Sugar Kingdom. Sugar Realm’s cakes and confections are known for their sophisticated flavors, unique designs, artistic sugar flowers, innovative techniques, and architectural compositions. The studio’s wedding cakes are regularly featured in leading bridal, lifestyle, and cake decorating magazines. In the December 2015 issue of “Cincinnati Magazine,” Sugar Realm was named “Best of the City” and featured on the cover. Saldivia’s blog “Life in a Sugar Kingdom” is regularly visited by hundreds of cake enthusiasts and lovers of all things pretty.. 
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